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Jerry Hoffmeister's award-winning Paphiopedilum venustum album Photo by George Grantham |
February 2003
FEBRUARY MEETING February
10, 2003 Paphs and Phrags Bert Logsdon of Logsdon's Orchids, who is also an AOS Judge, will talk to us about orchid culture with an emphisis on Paphs and Phrags. I've always enjoyed speaking to him when seeing him at shows and am looking forward to his talk on one of my favorite subjects. Beginner's program (starts at 6:30 p.m.): Two topics: (1) What would you like to hear discussed at future beginner's programs and (2) I'll do my best to answer any questions you might have on growing orchids. Held in the front of the same room as our main meeting. And yes, I do plan to have some more structured beginner's programs soon. Plant Table: Bring your blooming orchids to show! Sales Table: Members may bring up to 10 plants to sell. Raffle: Win a new orchid for your collection and support NWOS. FROM THE PRESIDENT First off, I would like to personally thank James McFarland for the wonderful donation of plants. I think that he will be please to know that all his plants were taken home by members of our society where I am sure they will be well taken care of. Next I want to make everyone aware that there are some new procedures dealing with the NWFGS so make sure that you pay close attention to the instructions that Ms. Robin Kemph give in her article. Now before you go and spend all your money at the NWFGS remember that less than a month later we will be having our annual spring sale and there will be vendors at it that wonıt be at the NWFGS. This year the sale will be at Sky Nursery on the 15th-16th of March. Now is the time that we are looking for new members for the board. If you have any interest in becoming more involved contact Jerry Hoffmiester or Shannon Boling. See you at the next meeting. Jamie
Notman WEB SITE OF THE MONTH Charley's Greenhouse and Garden Supply It's time to get all of your supplies ready for the repotting season. We are lucky to have a retailer nearby that offers a great online service. Charley's Greenhouse and Garden Supply run a brick and mortar business in Mt. Vernon, a terrific catalog service, and on-line ordering with fast delivery. If you get on their mailing list, they will send you a free catalog that offers over a hundred pages to peruse. Check it out and get your orders in! — Darrow Chan December
2002 Web Site of the Month: American
Orchid Society 2003 NORTHWEST FLOWER & GARDEN SHOW The Northwest Flower & Garden Show 2003 is underway, and all the details are in place. Our role this year will be similar to last year, with a membership booth and orchid hotel. We are also going to have the usual raffle for our scholarship fund. The things that will be different from last year are the sales area for our members and the display. There are still some volunteer spaces left. You will have one more opportunity to sign up at the February meeting, as the show is the following week. This is a rare treat for us. Usually the NWF&GS is before the February meeting. Plenty of food slots are left, so please sign up to help out. Entry to the show will be different this year. If you are volunteering, you will need to have a color-coded wrist band to get into the convention center. There is a different color for each day of the show, so if you are volunteering for more than one day, you will have more than one wrist band. The bands will also let you ride the shuttle bus from the Northgate Park & Ride for free. I will be mailing out the wrist bands to the participants as soon as I have them (and hopefully will have them before the next meeting, but no promises). Setup will be on Monday (Feb. 17) evening, and tear down will be at closing on Sunday (Feb. 23). If you have plants for the display, or for sale, please arrange with George Grantham, or bring them in on Wednesday morning. We will do everything we can to have it all organized and ready to receive plants. If you are going to sell plants, we are requiring that you place a blooming plant in the display, or sign up for a volunteer position. There are many ways you can help out. The Orchid Hotel is a very simple job, and a good opportunity to see what Seattle people are buying. The membership booth is a great place to answer questions about the Society and offer advice to new orchid growers. The sales area will be a busy place, selling plants, books, culture sheets and NWOS items. The host position will walk around the Orchid Show and offer advice, or just see that the display is safe from curious fingers touching the delicate blooms. Every job is easy, and no one will be alone. Robin
Kemph SPRING ORCHID SHOWS & EVENTS We are about to embark on a busy spring schedule of orchid events. This is an exciting time of year when many varieties of orchids are in bloom and we have ample opportunities to enjoy and display the fruits of our own labors and to view and purchase plants grown by others in orchid shows throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Our society will be providing displays for the following events:
As you know, our participation in the Northwest Flower and Garden Show will be expanded this year to include a display. Our display will be on either side of the entrance to the orchid sales area and will utilize natural elements such as moss, stone, wood and foliage plants to suggest orchids in their natural environment. We hope to include a wide variety of hybrids and species in our display to provide the some 80,000 visitors to the Flower and Garden Show with an appreciation for the great variability within the orchid family. Setup for the show will be Monday evening, Feb. 17th starting at 5:00 PM. Please bring your display plants directly to the Convention Center on Monday evening. You will be able to register your plants (help will be available if needed) and you may stay and help with the display if you wish. You can bring sale plants at that time, too. Remember, if you are bringing plants to sell you must also enter plants in the display. If you are unable to bring your plants to the Convention Center Monday evening, please contact me to make special arrangements or pool your efforts with another member. Likewise, if you are unable to be at the Convention Center at the close of the show to fetch your plants, please make arrangements to have me or another member collect them. The Mt. Baker Orchid Society Show and Sale follows close on the heels of the Flower and Garden show. I will be collecting plants for that show on Thursday, Feb. 27th at my house. If you would like to bring your plants directly to the show, or assist with the show in any way, please contact me. The show will be held at Skagit Valley Gardens just south of Mt. Vernon. Although this is not yet an AOS-judged show we feel it is very important that we participate in their shows. They have displayed with us in the Seattle Flower and Garden Show and we want to help them make their own show a success. We also hope to encourage them to participate in our shows in the future. In addition to the shows listed above which will include a NWOS display, theare additional shows scheduled this spring (see calendar). They are all AOS-judged shows, and they all provide a worthwhile reason to plan a weekend outing to a nearby destination. The Canadian shows are particularly worthwhile and with the exchange rate in our favor any one of those shows would make an economical weekend away. It is unfortunate that CITES regulations make participation in these shows too difficult. George Grantham
TACOMA AND OLYMPIA SOCIETY SHOW REPORT Our participation in the Tacoma and Olympia Society show was a resounding success. It was held in the Windmill Gardens Nursery in Sumner on Jan. 18 and 19. Our display (shown above) had 59 plants and of those plants we garnered 46 show ribbons including 24 blue, 14 red and 8 white. Harry Mar entered seven plants and received five blues and two reds. Likewise, Bill Carley and Judy Macias both received ribbons on all the plants they entered. This show has been very good to us in that our display has seen at least one AOS award in each of the last three years. This year Jerry Hoffmeister received an AM/AOS for a gorgeous Paph venustum album (see photo at top of page). Congratulations Jerry! We also won the following "best of show" awards: Judy Macias Best Cattleya Alliance Hybrid for Sc. Cosmos 'Laina,' Judy Macias Best Plant in Show for Stenorrhynchos speciosus and finally George and Cylvia Grantham won best Milt. Alliance for Miltassia Royal Robe 'Jerry's Pick' and Best Oncidium Alliance for Odcdm Golden Trident 'Golden Gate.' Our display won the Orchid Digest Award for Best Display in Show. Many thanks to Abigail Chang and Caroline Mann, as well as those mentioned above, for providing plants for the display. Special thanks to Jerry Hoffmeister for helping set up and also to Jerry, Harry Mar and Judy Macias for helping break down the display. George Grantham RESEARCH GRANT APPLICATIONS DUE FOR 2003 The Northwest Orchid Society invites undergraduate and graduate students in the plant sciences to submit research proposals for projects that involve orchids. Applicants must be enrolled in a program that is certified by the states of Washington, Oregon or Idaho. Research in areas such as conservation biology (of orchid species), orchid relationships with or adaptations to the environment, pollination biology or tissue culture are appropriate. Typical awards are approximately $500. Applications are due by March 31, 2003. For more information, contact Kathy Murray. ROSTERS DISTRIBUTED Member rosters were distributed at the January meet ing. Rosters include all of the Societyıs bylaws and benefit information along with contact information for members. Current members who did not pick up their roster then should have received their copy with this issue of the newsletter. If you did not receive a roster, please contact nwosnews@attbi.com. (Members who use this e-mail version of the newsletter should receive their roster in the regular mail by the first week of February.) 2002 FALL SHOW MAKES SOLID PROFIT Income
TOTAL INCOME = $6,228.76 Expenses Poster $1,001.52
TOTAL EXPENSES = $3,681.86 NET = $2,546.90 NOTE: All books charged to Admin Budget as Club Property NEW ONLINE DISCUSSION BOARD AVAILABLE The Northwest Orchid Society web site now lets member share information and ask questions through an online forum. Webmaster Mike Pearson has installed new software to create the "Orchid Forum Message Board" that allows members to post messages with tips, questions, advice, or orchid-related news. Members will need to register online and create a username and password to post messages, but anyone can read messages without registering. Registration requires only disclosing your name and e-mail address and you can choose not to publicly display your e-mail address in messages you post. The NWOS newsletter is also available through the NWOS web site now and PDF software is not required to read it. Stop by online and check out all the new features at the NWOS web site at: 2003 SPEAKERS SCHEDULE February - Bert Logsdon of Logsdon's Orchids, who is also an AOS judge, will talk to us about orchid culture with an emphasis on Paphs and Phrags. March - Bob Morley of Mostly Orchids discusses home orchid growing. April - Bill Zimmerman, an AOS judge, plans to talk to us about mini-Cats. May - Sam Tsui of Orchid Inn will give a presentation on Paph breeding and culture. June - Scholarship winners will present their research July - Mark Bamber of Out on a Limb Orchids intends to speak about Miltonias. August - Picnic (no speaker) September - Open October - Barb Inman of Valley Orchid Supply will prep us on orchid culture, growing orchids and potting materials. November - Harry or Andy from Andy's Orchids will speak (program to be determined). December - Holiday Potluck (program TBD) Got a suggestion for a speaker or program? Parts of the fall 2003 schedule and all of 2004 is currently open and first vice president Jerry Hoffmeister is interested in knowing what you would like to hear about at upcoming meetings. E-mail at jerry@hoffmeisters.com or call him (206-932-9912) with your suggestions. OTHER NEWS Ridesharing Some of our members in the suburbs are unable to attend meetings because they don't drive. Taking the bus, especially in the evenings, can make for a very long trip; taxis are too expensive. If you live on the Eastside or in the North or South End and either would like a ride to meetings or would be willing to offer a ride to meetings, e-mail nwosnews@attbi.com or call and leave a message on the NWOS line at (206) 781-5805. We will try and match up drivers and passengers wherever possible. Orchid Pests and Diseases - 2002 Revised Edition. This update of the 1995 edition of this popular book, published by the American Orchid Society, is packed with practical advice on insect and noninsect pests, bacterial and fungal diseases, orchid viruses, and physiological disorders along with suggested cures and treatments. New features include a chapter on the natural control of insects and mites, a glossary of more than 95 terms and a list of centers that identify orchid ailments. 77 color and 25 black-and-white photographs. Softcover. 118 pages. Price: $10 for NWOS members who purchase at the monthly meeting. UPCOMING EVENTS FEBRUARY
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